Flash Seats is the only place you can get access to event seats on an individual basis and be sure that you are purchasing valid, authentic seats to the event on a marketplace backed by Texas A&M University. Seats posted for sale come from people who have received or purchased Flash Seats tickets and are unable to use them.

No, you cannot cancel any transaction once it has been completed. There are no refunds unless an event is cancelled and not rescheduled. In the case of a weather-related cancellation, face value, which might not be the actual amount paid for the seats, will be refunded to the owner of the seat (the person who currently has possession of the seats).

Flash Seats can be sent to anyone with Internet access. Seats are delivered immediately via email. That means no shipping fees. In fact, no shipping at all. Seats are transferred instantly - no waiting, no mailing, no insured deliveries.

No. In Flash Seats, both buyers and sellers are anonymous. Once a sale is made, the seats are transferred directly into the buyer's account and the payment is deposited directly into the seller's account.

No. Flash Seats is a marketplace, not an auction. The most important differences between a market and an auction are:

A seller can accept ANY BID at ANY TIME up until the bid expires or is retracted (i.e., sellers can sell now)

A buyer can accept ANY OFFER at ANY TIME until the offer expires or is retracted (i.e., buyers can buy now)

A bid might still be ACCEPTED AFTER A HIGHER COMPETITIVE BID is placed (e.g., in the case where the higher bid expires). When any of these things happens, the transaction is completed instantly, obligating both parties.

Here are a few other things to keep in mind when bidding on tickets:

When you place a bid on a market, you set an expiration time.

Your bid can only be accepted by a seller until your bid expires. Your bid is an obligation to buy the item at the bid price if the seller accepts it before the bid expires.

If a higher competitive bid is placed, it does not change the fact that your bid is an obligation to purchase if the seller accepts it. The higher competitive bid may expire or be retracted before yours. This means that just because a higher competitive bid has been placed, your bid is not out of consideration. A seller can accept ANY bid at ANY time, regardless of whether the bid is the highest or lowest.

When you place a bid, you can set an expiration time. Sellers have until the expiration time to accept your bid.

Important! When setting the expiration time for your bid, consider by what day and time you need to know if your bid is accepted. Because sellers can set their listings to expire at any time, even right before the event, and because they can accept any bid they choose, even if it's not the highest, your bid could be accepted at a time that is very close to the start of the event, depending on when you set your bid to expire. Once your bid is accepted by a seller, you are obligated to pay the bid price you agreed to, regardless of when your bid is accepted. To ensure that you are notified in enough time to attend the event, set a bid expiration that makes sense for you. In addition, if you have placed a bid on an event, be sure to check your email frequently because you will be notified via email if your bid is accepted.

You can choose one of the following expiration times for your bid:

One Day From Now

Two Days From Now

Three Days From Now

One Week From Now

One Day Before Offer Expiration

One Hour Before Offer Expiration

Two Hours Before Offer Expiration

Three Hours Before Offer Expiration

Custom: you choose the date and time your bid expires

Expires at Offer Expiration: the bid is valid until the listing expires

You can accept a bid up until it expires. When bidders place bids, they have the option to set one of the following expiration times:

One Day From Now

Two Days From Now

Three Days From Now

One Week From Now

One Day Before Offer Expiration

One Hour Before Offer Expiration

Two Hours Before Offer Expiration

Three Hours Before Offer Expiration

Custom: bidders can choose the date and time their bid expires

Expires at Offer Expiration: the bid is valid until the listing expires (based on the expiration time you chose when you listed your tickets for sale). As long as the bid hasn't expired, you can accept it; once it has expired, you can no longer accept it.

You can view the expiration dates for bids on your listing by doing the following:

Click Listings, and then find the listing for which you want to view the expiration times for bids.

No. Flash Seats is a marketplace, not an auction, so a seller can accept ANY bid at ANY time, regardless of whether the bid is the highest or lowest. The most important differences between a market and an auction are:

A seller can accept ANY BID at ANY TIME up until the bid expires or is retracted (i.e., sellers can sell now)

A buyer can accept ANY OFFER at ANY TIME until the offer expires or is retracted (i.e., buyers can buy now)

A bid might still be ACCEPTED AFTER A HIGHER COMPETITIVE BID is placed. (e.g., in the case where the higher bid expires.) When any of these things happens, the transaction is completed instantly, obligating both parties.

Here are a few other things to keep in mind when bidding on tickets:

When you place a bid on a market, you set an expiration time. Your bid can only be accepted by a seller until your bid expires.

Your bid is an obligation to buy the item at the bid price if the seller accepts it before the bid expires.

If a higher competitive bid is placed, it does not change the fact that your bid is an obligation to purchase if the seller accepts it. The higher competitive bid may expire or be retracted before yours. This means that just because a higher competitive bid has been placed, your bid is not out of consideration.

As soon as a seller accepts your bid, which they can do at any time, as long as your bid is still valid based on the expiration time you set, you will be notified instantly via email that your bid was accepted. However, we recommend you log into your account and check the status of your bid periodically to ensure you have the latest information on your bid. Once your bid is accepted by a seller, you are obligated to pay the bid price you agreed to, regardless of when your bid is accepted.

Scroll to the bottom of the page, where you can see all active bids on those tickets.

Important! Even if your bid is the highest, it does not mean that you will automatically get the tickets. Because Flash Seats is a marketplace, not an auction, a seller can accept ANY bid at ANY time, regardless of whether the bid is the highest or lowest.

Do I need to enter my credit card information in order to place a bid on tickets?

Yes. Once a seller accepts a bid you have placed, the tickets are automatically and instantly sold to you through the Flash Seats system. When this happens, you are immediately obligated to pay the bid price you agreed to, which is why your credit card information needs to be entered into the system in order to place a bid.

Yes. Once a seller accepts a bid you have placed, the tickets are automatically and instantly sold to you through the Flash Seats system, and you are immediately obligated to pay the bid price you agreed to, regardless of when your bid is accepted. Because you are immediately obligated, you should set an expiration time for your bid that gives you enough notice when your bid is accepted.

In Flash Seats, you have the option to bid on tickets or buy them now. If you bid on tickets, the seller must accept your bid in order for you to gain ownership of the tickets. Because a seller can accept ANY bid at ANY time, regardless of whether the bid is the highest or lowest, you may decide to simply buy tickets now. This feature allows you to instantly buy tickets, without waiting for the seller to accept your bid, ensuring you will get tickets to the event of your choice.

If I list tickets for sale, do they automatically go to the highest bidder?

No. You can accept ANY bid at ANY time, but in order to sell your tickets to a bidder, you MUST accept his or her bid. If you do not accept a bid and your listing expires, you are still the owner of the tickets.

I want tickets for a specific event, so I placed bids on different tickets. How can I make sure that I don't get more tickets than I need?

Because Flash Seats is a marketplace, not an auction, a seller can accept ANY bid at ANY time. In order to be sure you get the tickets you want for a specific event, we recommend using the Buy Now feature. This feature allows you to instantly buy tickets and have them put into your Flash Seats account, ensuring you will be able to go to the event of your choice.

If you would still like to bid on tickets instead of buying them now, you should use the BidSafe™ feature. When this feature is turned on, you can bid on different sets of tickets for the same event knowing that only one of your bids can be accepted. All your other bids for the event will be automatically retracted when any of your bids is accepted and your payment is processed. To modify your BidSafe™ setting, click Account, and then click Options, where you can turn BidSafe™ on or off.

Yes. As soon as you list your tickets for sale, bidders have the option to purchase them for your ask price using the Buy Now feature. With this feature, the tickets are instantly purchased and placed in their Flash Seats account, requiring no action from you.

I want to contact the seller to make sure I get the tickets I want. How can I do that?

In Flash Seats, buyers and sellers are anonymous, so you can't contact the seller. If you want to be sure you get tickets to a specific event, we recommend using the Buy Now feature. With this feature, the tickets are instantly purchased and placed in your Flash Seats account, ensuring you can attend the event of your choice.